Concordia College - Cobber Yearbook (Moorhead, MN)

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'E-J Concordia -- MSTC The Maroon and Gold gridders ended their season in a very satisfying manner by rolling over MSTC, 35-0. With the thermo meter hovering at 16 degrees both teams were forced to wear gloves and the substitutes watched the play from heated busses Because of the cold, Jake gave his men instructions to play it safe and the Cobbers repeatedly punted on first and second downs The strategy proved successful as the hapless Dragons fumbled 13 times and Concordia men recovered 5 of the miscues Whitey johnson started the scoring with a 4 yard plunge. This was followed by a safety and 32 yard touchdown pass Simonson to johnson, to give Concordia a 15-O halftime lead. Butch johnson, Dave Simonson, and Duane Muhle broke into the scoring column in the second half with one touchdown each Dave Rostad booted two out of three conversion attempts and Muhle added the last point of the day. V. ., Gustavus ....,. St. Thomas ..... Hamline ..... Macalester .... St. john's ......... Duluth Branch ...... St. Olaf ........... Concordia .... Augsburg ...... St. Mary's ....... 86 Rostad D. Johnson Narveson Simonson MAIC Final Standings W L T 0 0 1 o 2 o 2 1 3 0 A 3 0 4 o 4 0 5 o ........o 5 1

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FRG H FOQTBALL l 5 , ' --- H., Back row: Coach Grinaker, Walkin, Solberg, Kerlin, Grubb, Malme, Loftus, Hill, Christianson, Rosenau, P. Johnson Front row: Nornes, Schempp, Dahlstrom, Summers, Pease, Bergren, Hegrenes, Stein, Lingen. In the season's opener for both squads, the baby Sioux scored twice in the fourth quarter to scalp the Cobbers 18-0 in a rain soaked contest on the Concordia field. The Cobber frosh played good football at times, but their repeated fumbles and inability to make their passing attack click proved their downfall. ' In the second game, the Cobbers played the Dragons from MSTC. The Dragon's drew the first scoring blood in the third quarter when Harry Haver of MSTC raced 72 yards with a Concordia fumble to score. The Cobber frosh tied up the game late in the third period. Don Kerlin and Kermit Christianson carried the brunt of the ball carrying, with Christianson finally going over for the score. Neither team was able to convert the extra point and the score remained 6-6. The charges of Coach Finn Grinaker played a 15-13 tie with the Jamestown reserves in a night game at Jamestown. The Jimmies scored first as Bill Beck scampered 40 yards around end to score and then kick the extra point to give Jamestown a 7-0 lead. , ,,-, ,,,.,,-, , , , ,,,,i W ...., ,,-,, -.-,..C.,...T.,- , . . , - ' - -YA Concordia came back to score twice, both times on passes by quarterback Rod Grubb. The first was a 27 yard toss to Clint Hill in the second quarter. In the third quarter he teamed up with Don Kerlin on a 51 yard pass play to score again. The conversion was good and the Cobbers led 13-7. Beck scored again for Jamestown in the final period to tie the game at 13-13. In their final game of the season, the Cobber Frosh were swamped by St. John's, 38-6. The Johnnies scored early and led 12-0 at the end of the first quarter. Concordia scored its lone mark in the second quarter as two long passes by Rod Grubb brought the ball to the four yard line. Don Kerlin plunged into the end zone to score. However, St. John's kept scoring through- out the rest of the game and wound up with a 38-6 victory. 88